Yaşayanların Zararına Ölülerin Yasını Tutmaya Devam Edemeyiz: Çevresel Sürdürülebilirlik İçin GHRD Uygulamaları, İslami Defin Ritüelleri ve Yeşil Defin

Year 2022, Volume: 11 Issue: 2, 112 - 120, 31.12.2022

Ehikioya Hilary Osolase Roziah Mohd Rasdi Zuraina Dato Mansor

Abstract

İklim değişikliği, küresel ısınma ve sera gazı emisyonlarının getirdiği sorunlar, ormansızlaşma, çevresel bozulma ve doğal kaynakların aşırı tüketimi gibi insan faaliyetlerinin bir sonucudur. Bu, Brundtland Komisyonu tarafından çevrenin korunması ve sürdürülebilirliği ve daha az hammadde tüketimi için “çevresel sürdürülebilirlik” ifadesinin icat edilmesine yol açmıştır. Dünya Çevre ve Kalkınma Komisyonu (WCED) olarak da bilinmektedir. Yeşil İnsan Kaynakları Geliştirme (GHRD) uygulamalarının amacı, İslami cenaze törenleri ve yeşil cenaze töreni, çevrenin sürdürülebilirliğini ve doğal kaynakların korunmasını sağlamayı amaçladıkları için bağlantılıdır. Makaledeki argümanları desteklemek ve doğrulamak için, Howard Bowen ve Maurice Clark'ın sürdürülebilir kalkınma teorilerine katkıları tanıtılmış ve açıklanmıştır. Bu nedenle derleme makale çalışması aracılığıyla, GHRD uygulamalarının, İslami cenaze törenlerinin ve yeşil cenaze töreninin doğal çevre ve ekosistemi üzerindeki olumlu etkilerini, kıt doğal kaynakların korunmasına nasıl yardımcı oldukları ile birlikte tartışmaktadır.

Keywords

İslami Cenaze Törenleri, Yeşil Defin, İklim Değişikliği, Çevresel Sürdürülebilirlik, Sürdürülebilir Kalkınma Teorileri, GHRD Uygulamaları

We Cannot Continue to Mourn the Dead to the Detriment of the Living: GHRD Practices, Islamic Burial Rites, and Green Burial for Environmental Sustainability

Abstract

Issues brought about by climate change, global warming, and greenhouse gases emissions, are as a result of human activities such as deforestation, environmental degradation, and excessive consumption of natural resources. This led to the coinage of the phrase “environmental sustainability” by the Brundtland Commission for the protection and sustainability of the environment, and less consumption of raw materials. It is also known as World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED). The objective of Green Human Resource Development (GHRD) practices, Islamic burial rites, and green burial are linked, as they are meant to achieve the sustainability of the environment, and natural resources conservation. To buttress and validate the arguments for the paper, Howard Bowen and Maurice Clark contribution to the sustainable development theories are introduced and explained accordingly. This research paper through a narrative review therefore discusses the positive impacts of GHRD practices, Islamic burial rites, and green burial on the natural environment and its ecosystem. Along with how they assist in the preservation of scarce natural resources.

Keywords

GHRD Practices, Islamic Burial Rites, Green Burial, Climate Change, Environmental Sustainability, Sustainable Development Theories, GHRD Uygulamaları, İslami Cenaze Törenleri, Yeşil Defin, İklim Değişikliği, Çevresel Sürdürülebilirlik, Sürdürülebilir Kalkınma Teorileri, GHRD Uygulamaları

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